Private In-Home and Online Phonics Tutoring in Concord, NC

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How can Phonics tutoring help you?

Phonics is the application of speech sounds to written language in order to decode, comprehend, and read it. Phonics is described as a code that breaks written language into comprehensible building blocks. Oftentimes, it is mistaken for phonemic awareness, which involves sounds in spoken words. Phonics instruction typically takes place between kindergarteners and second graders, and can be exceptionally difficult to learn because of its intricacies with sounds and phonemes. If your child is struggling with grasping the relationship between sounds and their spellings, consider contacting Varsity Tutors in Concord, NC. Our educational directors can help you find an expert phonics tutor who will design a study plan that focuses on your child's specific needs, strengths, and weaknesses.

Keywords and terms like phoneme counting, short and long vowels, sound to word matching, and hearing and making rhythms will always show up in your child's primary coursework and curriculum. For this reason, it is best if your child gets an edge over his or her classmates through one-on-one tutoring and effective teaching methods. Varsity Tutors could help you locate an independent tutor in Concord who is experienced in helping students prepare for phonics. There are many ways that your child can grasp the study of phonics, including converting letters into sounds, segmenting words to phonemes, and analyzing letter-sound relations.

Does your schedule prevent your child from studying on certain days or times? Would online instruction work best around your chores or your child's extracurricular activities? The professional tutor whom Varsity Tutors will connect you with can accommodate your schedule and meet you at the time and location that is most convenient. This personable, patient, and professional phonics tutor in Concord could also help your child excel in his or her coursework, allow your child to ask any burning questions, and provide the guidance needed to try to improve personal goals. Material that has already been understood will be breezed through, while weaknesses and troubling concepts will be thoroughly reviewed. Both you and your child could also have the confidence when end of the year and end of the course exams approach.

Because of the benefits of private tutoring with an expert who has understood phonics, your child could learn in a comfortable, intimate, and judgment-free environment. Help your son or daughter get an edge over his or her peers, and gain additional insight through phonics-based instruction. Contact your local educational directors so that they can find a skilled phonics tutor in Concord, NC, who can offer your child individualized one-on-one attention.

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Recent Tutoring Session Reviews

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"Today the student and I covered more prefixes and their related words. These included trans-, via-, circum-, and others. He did very well and continues to receive As in all his work."

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"Today, we did some word building with short vowel e. We also read and wrote sentences with short vowel e and read a decodable book for short vowel e. We worked in her binder from school as well. She picked a book to read to me. We made two flashcards from the book for sight words (because and who). We will meet again next Thursday."

"She read sight words for third grade, with success. Worksheets involving comprehension were completed. She did well. I gave her a spelling test on third and fourth grade words. She read from her current book with a few minor phonetic errors. We did some decoding with root similar endings. I gave her a homework assignment involving a short passage with comprehension questions. I included a writing activity as well. A differentiation of grouped words calls for her to find the correct word spelled. "

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"I continued with letter recognition and hand writing with Student C while I worked with Student D on reading comprehension."

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"This was my first session with this student. We had previously picked a book, Maniac Magee, for us to work on together. My focus on these first sessions is to evaluate his levels in reading and writing, and establish a strong tutor/ mentor relationship. We discussed the components of a novel and the concept of "tall tales" and myths. We discussed the idea of character traits, and I had him list character traits for people in his family. I outlined the structure we would use for this book. There will be chapter assignments for him to complete between sessions. As he reads, he is to record the major characters and begin assigning them character traits. He is also to record any vocabulary issues that arise. He understands that at each session we will review the assigned chapters and discuss vocabulary and larger issues that are discussed in the text. There will also be a written quiz for each section focusing on reading comprehension. The student and I also began working through an 8th grade reading test, focusing on comprehension and test taking strategies.
The student was extremely eager to begin, and his enthusiasm did not wane despite the length of the session. He soaked up discussions on vocabulary, and did a great job finding synonyms and antonyms for character traits we discussed. He had a tendency to "rush" slightly in his out-loud reading. This caused him to mispronounce some words or miss some contextual clues that provided the definition for some words not yet in his vocabulary. He found the discussion of contextual clues for word definitions fascinating, and we spent some time on that as a vocabulary builder and a test taking strategy.
Overall, it was a great first session. He was ready to work and is enthusiastic about improving his reading.
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"Another productive session. I feel we progressed nicely. We wrote two more paragraphs full of good information and examples and edited the whole speech thus far, focusing on drawing our descriptive details, scaling back unnecessary phrasing, and rewording those parts where the student's tongue stumbled when read out loud. This took up a majority of the session. For the last twenty minutes, I sent links to a speech and column for her to read out loud to practice specific skills. I sent the first part of President Kennedy's inaugural speech as a good example of eliciting emotion and relating to the audience, of pauses as well as words, and of rhetorical devices useful in presenting an idea. I also sent a link to a Dave Barry column as an example of something not meant to be read out loud, due to it's choppy albeit informative narrative. "